Armrest



B. F. PEASE.

ARMREST.

APPLICATION FILED MAY a, 1920.

1,376,380, I Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PEASE, OTE CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, TO THE OHOTRUSS CO., OF CENCENNATI, OHO.

ARMREKST.

Specicatcn of Letters Patent.

Application f lefl May 8, 192i). Serial No. 379,913.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, BnNJgni .N FRANKLIN Pease, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cincinnati, in the coun'l'v of `flamilton and Stateof Ohio, havey invented new and useful iinrest, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to arm rests particularly designed for use inconnection with crutches and the like, one of the objects being toprovide an arm rest. which can be applied readily to its supportingstructure, the said arm rest, whether padded, provided with springs, orof any other construction being attached firmly without the necessity ofutilizingl a plurality of fastening devices along` the side of thecrutch top or by using` other tedious and expensive means of fastening.

A furth r obj ect is to provide an arm rest which can be easily made,the parts of which are held together securely, and which in no sensedetracts from the appearance of the crutch.

lilith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds` the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.k

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forni of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings- Figure l is a longitudinal section through the toppiece of a crutch and through the arm rest secured thereon.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2, Fie'. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the arm rest detached.

Fig. 4t is an end elevation.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates anarcuate metal base bowed transversely and provided, at its ends, withtongues 2 for the reception of screws or other suitable fastening meansindicated at 3. The pad or cushion to be used in connection with thisstrip l is made up of an elongated strip of leather l secured withinhousing 5 of suitable fabric, there being a padding arranged along oneside of this strip and which also housed within a fabric the paddingbeing indicated at 7.

i outer covering preferably of leather and whichhas been indicated at 8,is stretched over the fabric 5 and the padding therein and has itslongitudinal end edges inturned and sewed together, as indicated at 9.Thus it is possible by stitching these edges, to draw the leather tightover the parts inclosed thereby.

rhis strip l is adapted to rest in the re-V cessed upper face of thecrutch top A. and the tongues 2 are adapted to lap and be secured to theends of the crutch top.

It is to be understood that other means may be provided than thoseillustrated for attaching the arm rest to the crutch top.

Obviously by providing an arm rest such as described, the parts can beassembled readily and held, together eiiiciently. The only fasteningmeans, in the forms shown,

`are located at the ends of the crutch top.

The sides of the rest will be substantially flush with the sides of saidtop and the entire struct-ure will present a neat and attractiveappearance.

The strip l is preferably made of resilient metal and as shownparticularly in Figs. l and 2 has its intermediate portion spaced fromthe crutch top. The covering 8 ex- 'le between this resilient strip andthe crutch top and rests on said top. When considerable pressure isexerted downwardly against the arm rest the strip l will expand slightlyso as to have a slight movement toward the crutch top, giving a springcushinning effect.

What is claimed is:

1. An arm rest for crutch tops comprising a longitudinally bowedtransversely arched strip, a flexible strip, a pad upon the flexiblestrip and secured thereto, a covering extendaround the pad and flexiblestrip and means for securing the edges of the covering together underthe bowed strip and throughout the' length of the covering, saidconrefted edges of the covering being normally spaced from the bowedstrip.

2. An arm rest for crutch tops and the like. including a transverselyarched resilient strip having its lower surface concaved from side toside, a cushion extendingtherealong, a. liexible covering extendingaround the cushion and having its edges extended across the concavedface of the arched strip and spaced from said face, and means forfastening said edges together.

8. The combination with a crutch top, of a transversely arched resilientstrip mounted on said crutch top and having its lowervface concavedtransversely and spaced therefrom,

a cushion extending along said stripa ilexi-V ble covering housing thecushion and having its edges inturned between the crutch top and theconcaved face of the arched strip, and means for fastening said edgestogether toconstitute a yieldable support for engaging the crutch top.`

V4f. The combination with a crutch top,k of

au arm rest secured thereon and includingV a resilient strip mounted forlimited spreading movement, a pad on said strip7 a ieXible coveringextending over the pad and having its edges inturned between said stripand the crutch top, and means for fastening said Y edges together tohold them normally spaced as myV own, I have hereto affixed my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN FRANKLN PHASE.

VVitn'esses:

. I. M. PEASE,

W. J. GRUBER.

